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Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies
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Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies Hardcover - 1996

by Erkkila, Betsy; Grossman, Jay [editors]

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, black cloth lettered in blue, no dust-jacket as issued. 292 pages. Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. As one reviewer as written: "One of the best collections on Whitman ever published." Deriving from one of the many Whitman conferences which took place in 1992 to mark the 100 year anniversary of Whitman's death, [this one at the University of Pennsylvania], the book contains fifteen essays by a diverse group of scholars. A brand new copy. .
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  • Title Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies
  • Author Erkkila, Betsy; Grossman, Jay [editors]
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 020214
  • ISBN 9780195093490 / 0195093496
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.38 x 0.98 in (23.52 x 16.21 x 2.49 cm)
  • Reading level 1560
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, in, Literature and society - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95006861
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.3

From the rear cover

Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies reinvigorates the study of Whitman and American culture by presenting essays that demonstrate Whitman's centrality to the widest range of social, political, literary, sexual, and cultural discourses of his time and ours. The volume assembles a distinguished group of cultural critics working in the fields of literature, American studies, Latin American studies, European studies, art history, and gay/lesbian/queer studies. Together they open new vistas in the ways we see Whitman and provide a model for the newest and brightest intellectual efforts associated with cultural studies. Central to the volume is breaking the bounds of decorum that have too long separated Whitman's sexuality from his politics, and his poetry from both. The Whitman that emerges from these collected essays is renewed for a new generation of readers seeking to define the places and the functions of his poetic words in the world. Breaking Bounds points to the interdisciplinary future of American literary and cultural studies and is essential reading for anyone interested in Whitman both inside and outside the academy.

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